
Some tools to be used with smart cards and PC/SC
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This archive contains some tools usefull for a PC/SC user.
PC/SC lite [1] from MUSCLE [2].

The tools provided are:

- pcsc_scan (Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
    regularly scans every PC/SC reader connected to the host
    if a card is inserted or removed a line is printed

    For example:

     PC/SC device scanner
     V 1.0.3 (c) 2001, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
     PC/SC lite version: 1.0.0B
     0: GemPC410 0 0
     1: GemPC430 0 0
     
     Thu Nov  8 09:41:09 2001
      Reader 0 (GemPC410 0 0)
             Card state: State has changed, Card inserted, 
             ATR: 3B 68 00 00 80 66 A2 06 02 01 32 0E 
     
     Thu Nov  8 09:41:10 2001
      Reader 0 (GemPC410 0 0)
             Card state: Card inserted, 
             ATR: 3B 68 00 00 80 66 A2 06 02 01 32 0E 
     
     Thu Nov  8 09:41:12 2001
      Reader 0 (GemPC410 0 0)
             Card state: State has changed, Card removed, 
     
     Thu Nov  8 09:41:12 2001
      Reader 0 (GemPC410 0 0)
             Card state: Card removed, 


- scriptor (Lionel Victor <lionel.victor@unforgettable.com>)
    A Perl script to send commands to a smart card. You can use a file
    containing the commands or stdin.

- gscriptor (Lionel Victor <lionel.victor@unforgettable.com>)
    A Perl script to send commands to a smart card with GTK-based
    graphical interface.

You will need the package pcsc-perl [3] to be able touse scriptor and
gscriptor.

[1] http://linuxnet.com/middle.html
[2] http://linuxnet.com/
[3) http://ludovic.rousseau.free.fr/softwares/pcsc-perl/pcsc-perl.html


Authors:
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- Lionel VICTOR for scriptor and gscriptor
- Ludovic ROUSSEAU for pcsc_scan and debug of scriptor and gscriptor


Licences:
=========

    pcsc-tools
    Copyright (C) 2001, 2002  Lionel VICTOR, Ludovic ROUSSEAU

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA


History:
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1.0.4 - 6 Mar 2002, Ludovic ROUSSEAU
    - gscriptor: case insensitive on "reset" command
    - scriptor: case insensitive on "exit" and "reset" commands
    - add the history, authors and licence in this README

1.0.3 - 8 Nov 2001, Ludovic ROUSSEAU
    - pcsc_scan.c: set the wait time to 0 to get all the events
    - Makefile: add automatic rules to compress man pages and other
      modifications

1.0.2 - 22 Oct 2001, Ludovic ROUSSEAU
    - add manpages
    - pcsc_scan.c: go to the next reader _after_ printing information
      for the current one

1.0.1 - 18 Oct 2001, Ludovic ROUSSEAU

$Id: README,v 1.9 2002/03/06 08:21:18 rousseau Exp $

